This should be the year to fear for Ole Miss.
While preseason pollsters have them finishing anywhere from third to fifth in the SEC West, the Rebels, whose official mascot is a black bear, could be the dog with the most bite in the fight.
Hugh Freeze returns 18 starters from a team that went 9-4 -- 9 on offense, 7 on defense and 2 from special teams -- and 12 of them are juniors from that 2013 recruiting class that raised eyebrows from coast to coast.
That year Freeze signed three 5-star players and nine 4-star players.